59 Films that Played at SFiFF and You Can See on Amazon Prime Today
Now this is a very exciting group of films available on Amazon Prime with freshly released titles following SFiFF 2019 in October, such as SFiFF 2019 Opening Night Just Mercy, The Kill Team, Top End Wedding, Paradise Hills, and Words from a Bear.
2019 SFiFF’s Opening Night Film Just Mercy
It has some of our very favorites like Shoplifters, the 2018 winner of the Palme d'Or, which went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, plus Only the Brave starring Josh Brolin and Jeff Bridges, and On Her Shoulders by local director Alexandria Bombach. Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi, which went on to receive an Oscar nom, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the Iranian Vampire Western by Ana Lily Amirpour, The Tribe told completely in sign language, and Girlhood directed by Céline Sciamma and featuring an unforgettable dance to Rihanna's "Diamonds in the Sky."
The list includes films that played as part of the SFiFF Indigenous Program most recently Words from a Bear which was presented by author N. Scott Momaday, and all the way back to 2013 for Rhymes for Young Ghouls by Jeff Barnaby whose latest, Blood Quantum, was at SFiFF 2019, plus Ixcanul by Jayro Bustamante, the first film produced in the Kaqchikel language of the Mayan family. With more than 20 foreign features, nearly half the selections take you to another place, since the best films seem to invite you into a world that you didn't quite expect. We really, really enjoyed these selections, and hope you do too.
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Just Mercy directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, SFiFF Opening Night Film 2019 starring Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, and Brie Larson
The Kill Team starring Nat Wolff and Alexander Skarsgård, directed by Dan Krauss and screened at SFiFF 2019
On Her Shoulders directed by 2018 SFiFF Visionary Award recipient, Alexandria Bombach
Sami Blood directed by Amanda Kernell, screened at SFiFF 2017
Learning to See: The World of Insects directed by Jake Oelman, Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature at SFiFF 2016
Fire At Sea directed by Gianfranco Rosi, won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and screened at SFiFF 2016
Loveling directed by Gustavo Pizzi, screened at SFiFF 2018
Fits and Starts directed by Laura Terruso, screened at SFiFF 2017
Mekko directed by Sterlin Harjo, screened at SFiFF 2015
After Tiller directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson, screened at SFiFF 2013
Therapy for a Vampire directed by David Ruehm, screened at SFiFF 2015
The Tribe directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, screened at SFiFF 2014
Rhymes for Young Ghouls directed by Jeff Barnaby, screened at SFiFF 2015
I Dream in Another Language directed by Ernesto Contreras, screened at SFiFF 2017
Song From the Forest directed by Michael Obert, screened at SFiFF 2014
Call Me Kuchu directed by Malika Zouhali Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright, screened at SFiFF 2012
7 Boxes directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia, screened at SFiFF 2013
Free CeCe! directed by Jacqueline Gares, screened at SFiFF 2016
Supporting Characters starring Alex Karpovsky and Tarik Lowe, screened at SFiFF 2012
Casting By directed by Tom Donahue, screened at SFiFF’s Summer Series 2013
Ass Backwards starring June Diane Raphael, Casey Wilson, and Alicia Silverstone, directed by Chris Nelson and screened at SFiFF 2013
Soul of a Banquet directed by Wayne Wang, screened at SFiFF 2014
One Week and a Day directed by Asaph Polonsky, screened at SFiFF 2016
Always Shine directed by Sophia Takal, screened at SFiFF 2016
Most Beautiful Island directed by Ana Asensio, screened at SFiFF 2017
Stay Human directed by Michael Franti, screened at SFiFF 2018
Transmilitary directed by Gabriel Silverman, screened at SFiFF 2018
For Ahkeem directed by Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest, screened at SFiFF 2017
Hiro’s Table directed by Lynn Hamrick, Best New Mexico Documentary Feature at SFiFF 2018
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Shoplifters Palme d'Or winner 2018, SFiFF Closing Night Film 2018, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
2018 SFiFF’s Closing Night Film Shoplifters
The Square Palme d'Or Winner 2017, SFiFF Opening Night Film 2017, directed by Ruben Östlund
The Whistlers directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, screened at SFiFF 2019
Top End Wedding directed by Wayne Blair, screened at SFiFF 2019
Only the Brave directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Josh Brolin and Jeff Bridges, screened at SFiFF 2017
The Front Runner starring Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, and J.K. Simmons, directed by Jason Reitman and screened at SFiFF 2018
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, screened at SFiFF 2014
Words From A Bear a documentary on SFiFF alumnus, N. Scott Momaday, directed by Jeffrey Palmer, screened at SFiFF 2019 with author N. Scott Momaday in attendance
Girlhood directed by Céline Sciamma, screened at SFiFF 2014
Songs My Brothers Taught Me directed by Chloé Zhao, screened at SFiFF 2014
The Short History of the Long Road starring Sabrina Carpenter, Danny Trejo, Steven Ogg, and Maggie Siff. Filmed in New Mexico, it earned Best New Mexico Narrative Feature at SFiFF 2019
Freak Show directed by Trudie Styler, screened at SFiFF 2017
Wild Nights with Emily directed by Madeleine Olnek, screened at SFiFF 2018
Becoming Who I Was directed by Chang-yong Moon, screened at SFiFF 2017
Ixcanul directed by Jayro Bustamante, screened at 2015
Embrace of the Serpent directed by Ciro Guerra, screened at SFiFF 2015
Broken Circle Breakdown directed by Felix Van Groeningen, Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, screened at SFiFF 2013
Summer 1993 directed by Carla Simón, screened at SFiFF 2017
Paradise Hills starring Emma Roberts, Milla Jovovich, and Awkwafina, directed by Alice Waddington and screened at SFiFF 2019
Welcome to Leith directed by Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker, screened at SFiFF 2015
Bless Me, Ultima directed by Carl Franklin and adapted from the novel by 2012 SFiFF American Author Award recipient, Rudolfo Anaya
Bombay Beach directed by Alma Har'el, screened at SFiFF 2011
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) directed by Josh Kim, screened at SFiFF 2015
The Homesman starring Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, and Meryl Streep, screened at SFiFF 2015
Cheatin’ created by 2018 SFiFF alumnus and Academy Award-nominated director Bill Plympton, screened at SFiFF 2014
The Winding Stream directed by Beth Harrington, screened at SFiFF 2014
Blush directed by Debra Eisenstadt, screened at SFiFF 2019
Apartment Troubles directed by Jennifer Prediger and Jess Weixler, screened at SFiFF 2015
The Cage Fighter directed by Jeff Unay, screened at SFiFF 2017
To Keep the Light directed by Erica Fae, screened at SFiFF 2016
**Some titles may not be available outside of the United States